Patents Degree Apprentice

2 weeks ago


Newport, United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 282486**Salary**:

- £25,044**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- B1**Contract type**:

- Apprenticeship**Business area**:

- IPO - Patents Directorate**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Engineering**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Newport, NP10 8QQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is a 5-year programme of formal training and experience which will be acquired by working with specialist teams across the IPO. You will gain experience in the end-to-end patent process and support services. On successful completion of your training, achievement of your performance objectives and completion of your degree, you will progress to an Associate Patent Examiner role. The Associate Patent Examiner role is the start of a clear progression route to becoming a Senior Patent Examiner.

**Working location**:
**Job description**:
- Communicating legal and technical concepts in writing and orally.
- You will also be required to successfully complete the University modules leading to a degree in electrical and electronic engineering achieving at least a 2:2 honours degree._

**Person specification**:
Please refer to job description

**Additional information**

If you have a STEM-related career history, but do not hold the adequate A levels or equivalent academic results, you are eligible to apply, and we will consider each applicant on a case-by-case basis. You will also need to be able to satisfy the University that you will be able to achieve the degree, as it will be at the discretion of the lecturer/course leader, who will also consider each applicant individually.

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Understand and evaluate technical information and make decisions and reach conclusions quickly and accurately.

**Benefits**:
**Benefits of working with the wider IPO**:

- A very generous pension scheme with 27.1% employer contributions. Further information around the benefits of joining the Civil Service can be found via the Civil Service Pension Scheme page;
- 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments (1 day per year) over 5 years of reckonable service. You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave;
- The opportunity to form part of our many inclusive network groups, find out by looking at Disability Jobs, BME Jobs and LGBT Jobs
- A variety of support functions including our excellent Staff Counselling Service which is a source of support for all staff at the IPO
- A flexible working scheme which has no core hours and excellent opportunities for home, part-time and term-time working;
- Eligibility for special and office-wide bonus payments
- Excellent development opportunities;
- Opportunities for secondments, both internal and external;
- Opportunities to join many civil-service clubs such as the Sports and Social Association, Motoring Club (CSMA), which provide numerous discounts to members

**When working at Concept House, Newport the following benefits are also available**:

- Free car parking is available on site;
- On-site facilities including gymnasium, shop, restaurant

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Strengths, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.**How to apply**:
**Sift**:
This will be based on the evidence provided for the following Success Profile elements:
**Experience**:
When completing your 500 word Personal Statement, please ensure that you tell us why you are interested in a STEM career and what interests you about working at the IPO.

**Interviews**:
If invited to interview Ability, Technical and Strength based questioning will be used.

**Ability**:
**Technical**:
The below Technical criteria will be assessed at interview:

- Understand and evaluate technical information and make decisions and reach conclusions quickly and accurately

**Strengths**:
Strengths are the things that we do regularly, do well and that motivate us. We have selected the Strengths that are relevant for this role from the Civil Service Strengths Dictionary. You will be assessed against these during your interview using strength-based interview questions.

**Please note**: Specific information regarding the Success Profile elements that will be assessed at interview will be contained within the interview invitation

Interviews for this role will be carried out in person at our Newport Office.

IMPORTANT: CV’s sent direct to the IPO will not be accepted.

If you require job-specific information, please contact

For further information around the Civil Service recruitment process, please visit our civil service careers page - IPO - Recruitment Support, Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)

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